du
Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/du>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/du.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install coreutils - Ubuntu
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apt-get install coreutils -
Alpine
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apk add coreutils - Arch Linux
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pacman -S coreutils - Kali Linux
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apt-get install coreutils - CentOS
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yum install coreutils - Fedora
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dnf install coreutils - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install coreutils - OS X
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brew install coreutils - Raspbian
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apt-get install coreutils - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/du
- Docker
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docker run cmd.cat/du dupowered by Commando
Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/du>.
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List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (B/KiB/MiB):
du -b|k|m path/to/directory -
List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size):
du -h path/to/directory -
Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units:
du -sh path/to/directory -
List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it:
du -ah path/to/directory -
List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to N levels deep:
du -h --max-depth=N path/to/directory -
List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in subdirectories of the current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end:
du -ch */*.jpg
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